Battery

VW said it will expand production of electric cars to 16 factories worldwide through the end of 2022. The automaker also said it has selected partners to provide battery cells and related technology worth about $25 billion for EV projects in Europe and China.

James Dyson, who established the company that bears his name and vacuumed up quite a fortune, aims to bring three electric vehicles to market and may build them in China, according to the Financial Times.

The future of driverless driving looks like a giant toaster with a funny hat. That's an approximation of a new autonomous vehicle unveiled by Nuro, a Silicon Valley startup that's been cryptic about its business plan.

Facing the eventual demise of gasoline engines, the world's biggest maker of spark plugs is turning its focus to a component it believes will be just as vital in the coming era of electric vehicles -- next-generation all solid state batteries.